Search CityCat to find books, e-books, disks and more. There are many ways to search, such as Title, Author and Keyword.

Books in the library are organized by call number according to the Library of Congress classification system which groups items by subject, so you can often simply browse the shelves. Here are some relevant subjects and their call numbers:

SUBJECT HEADING

CALL NUMBER RANGE

Motion Pictures

PN 1993-1999

Film criticism

PN 1995

Documentary film

PN 1995.9.D5

Women in motion pictures

PN 1995.9.W6

Motion picture authorship

PN 1996

Cinematography

TR 845-899

Reference Sources

Reference books are great for short overviews and background information. There are also reference resources in our database section.

Use databases for specialized and the most up-to-date information, especially academic (scholarly) sources that are not available for free on the Web. See the Articles & Databases page for a full list of databases available.

Use databases for specialized and the most up-to-date information, especially academic (scholarly) sources that are not available for free on the Web. See the Articles & Databases page for a full list of databases available.

Gale Powersearch
Gale Powersearch is a brand name for 25 multidisplinaryl databases with coverage from 1980 to the present. These databases let you limit your results to articles only from scholarly journals by checking the box "Peer Reviewed publications."

EbscoHost
Ebscohost is a brand name for more than 25 multi-disciplinary databases with coverage from 1980 to the present.

SFPL - Electronic Resources, Magazines, and Newspapers
San Francisco Public Library subscribes to many periodical and reference databases. You must have a San Francisco Public Library card number to access them. Once you have entered your barcode number, select the subject - Science & Technology. Applied Science & Technology Index and General Science Index, and Internet & Personal Computing Abstracts are two databases that index a lot of information on computer science..

Websites

Use websites for government information, statistics and current events. It's very important to carefully evaluate websites for accuracy, currency, bias and credibility.

CineFileswww.mip.berkeley.edu/cinefiles
CineFiles is a database of reviews, press kits, festival and showcase program notes, newspaper articles, and other documents from the University of California, Berkeley, Pacific Film Archives (PFA) Library's collection.

Film-Makerswww.film-makers.com
A practical site for filmmakers, film students and film-buffs. This site also has good tips for film students to get started in the industry. In addition, it offers film discussion and film criticism.

Chicago Reader on Film www.chireader.com/movies
This is an excellent site for film connoisseurs. It offers brief reviews of more than 15,000 movies and also has an archive of long reviews of films.

All Movie Guideallmovie.com
This site allows searching by name (names of two people in the same film), author of work on which the film is based, title of work, by location, etc.

Earlycinema.com
www.earlycinema.com
This site provides information about the first decade of cinema and the developments which help shaped cinema as we know it today.

Cinema Sites
www.cinema-sites.com
This site has links to reviews, previews, screenings, magazines, journals, festivals, and more.

Cinemaniacfrank.mtsu.edu/~jpurcell/Cinema/cinema.html
A good site to find information on production, directors, actors, philosophy of cinema, reviews, and societies.